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Russia's gold and FX reserves hit record high after IMF transfer

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Russia's gold and FX reserves hit record high after IMF transfer

From Reuters
Thursday, September 2, 2021

MOSCOW -- Russia's international gold and foreign currency reserves rose to a record high of $615.6 billion after receiving a tranche from the International Monetary Fund, the central bank said today.

The IMF gave Russia around $17.5 billion in its Special Drawing Rights in late August as part of the global $650 billion SDR allocation, its largest distribution of monetary reserves on record.

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Awakening a Sleeping Giant in Ghana: Asante Gold Acquires Past-Producing Bibiani Mine

From Golden Opportunities / Gold Newsletter
Metairie, Louisiana
Tuesday, August 17, 2021

Asante Gold (ASE.CN; ASGOF.OTC) has just acquired a past-producing gold mine in Ghana that boasts near-term production potential and huge upside.

With the move, Executive Director Malik Easah is seeking to repeat his success with Cardinal Resources, another gold company with a Ghana project that he recently sold for A$600 million.

It’s a deal that came like a bolt from the blue.

Just a few weeks ago Asante Gold catapulted itself from a relatively sleepy gold story into a major development-stage company set to breathe new life into Ghana's huge, past-producing Bibiani mine. ...

... For the remainder of the report:

https://goldnewsletter.com/go081721/


Russia's gold and FX reserves, the world's fourth largest, rose by $20 billion in the week to Aug. 27, the central bank said in a weekly report. ...

... For the remainder of the report:

https://www.reuters.com/article/russia-reserves/russias-gold-and-fx-reserves-hit-record-high-after-imf-transfer-idUSL1N2Q416S

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